At least 10 job seekers died today while many more sustained varying degrees of injury on Saturday morning during a stampede at the National Stadium, Abuja -- the Federal Capital territory (FCT) venue of the ongoing recruitment test by the Nigeria Immigrations Service (NIS).
Hospital authorities at the Rivers government-owned Braithwaite Memorial Hospital in Port Harcourt have confirmed that four candidates died during a stampede at the Nigeria Immigration Service recruitment. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that more than 20,000 candidates were involved in a stampede at the Liberation stadium, Port Harcourt, venue of the exercise on Saturday morning. The news agency quoted a source at the hospital as saying 12 candidates were brought to the hospital after the stampede.
"I can confirm to you that four have died, four others in critical condition while four were treated and discharged,'' the source said.
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